Before your next race, watch this!

This video is for your next race, when you hit a tough spot. Usually when you start a race, you should feel good, your legs are fresh, your body is tapered, excited to race. At some point in your race, often 60-80% into your race, you might start hitting tough spots: Your muscles are starting to get tired with lactate buildup Energy levels might go down Your body might start to ache Often when this happens, a voice in your head starts a negative dialog confirming these feelings: I’m feeling horrible! It’s still so far! I can’t do this! Why am I even doing this? YOU ARE NOT ALONE! First of, realize you’re not alone, many endurance athletes experience this at some point in their race. In the past 12 years I’ve ran more than 30 marathons and ultra marathons of 50 and 100 miles. I’ve definitely experienced my fair share of race struggles. A few examples: My GPS watch broke at the beginning of a race I’ve tripped when someone tapped my foot from behind At my Boston Marathon we had 20 to 30 miles headwind and rain the entire race. I’ve experience bad cramping at mile 18 of race During my first 50 mile race at Avalon, I took the wrong turn, got lost and had to run 2 miles extra These are some of the things that can happen to you as well. Let’s take a step back on what you can do when you hit a tough spot in a race. 1. REALIZE IT’S GOING TO BE HARD! 2. YOUR RACE MIGHT NOT GO ACCORDING TO PLAN 3. DON’T LOOK BACK, LOOK FORWARD! 4. PUSH THROUGH DISCOMFORT 5. REPEAT A MANTRA / POSITIVE SELF TALK 6. BREAK YOUR RACE UP IN SMALL SECTIONS 7. PICK UP YOUR PACE 8. REALIZE YOU’RE NOT ALONE WHICH VOICE WILL YOU LISTEN TO? During the tough spots in a race, there will be 2 voices in your head: One that says, “you CAN NOT do this“ And one that says, “you CAN do this“ The voice that will win, is the one you decide to listen to most. The choice is yours. ** longer post on my site: http://extramilest.com/blog/before-yo... ** I would love to hear from you. How do you overcome tough spots that you have experienced in your races? Please let me know in the comments. YOU CAN FIND ME, FLORIS GIERMAN HERE: ► Personal Best Program: https://www.pbprogram.com/ ► Strava -   / strava   ► Website - https://extramilest.com ► Podcast - https://extramilest.com/podcast/ ► Instagram -   / florisgierman   ► FB group - https://bit.ly/2M3qP40 Subscribe and hit the bell to see new videos: https://bit.ly/Flo-YT